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The effect of regucalcin, a Ca2+-binding protein isolated from rat liver cytosol, on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis in the nuclei of regenerating rat liver was investigated. At 1 day after partial hepatectomy, the liver weight was increased about 50% of that of sham-operated rats, and it reached to the same levels as sham operation at 3 days after hepatectomy. Nuclear DNA synthesis was markedly increased at 1 day after hepatectomy, and this increase was also seen at 3 days. Nuclear DNA synthesis was clearly enhanced in the presence of EGTA (0.4 mM) in the incubation mixture. The presence of Ca2+ ( 1.0–25 μM) caused a significant decrease in the nuclear DNA synthesis of normal rat liver. Regucalcin (0.25 and 0.5 μM) clearly inhibited the nuclear DNA synthesis of normal rat liver. This inhibition was also seen in the presence of Ca2+ (1.0 μM). Moreover, in the liver nuclei obtained at 1 day after partial hepatectomy, the presence of regucalcin (0.05–0.5 μM) caused a remarkable inhibition of nuclear DNA synthesis. This effect was also revealed in the presence of EGTA (0.4 mM). Thus, the inhibitory effect of regucalcin was remarkable in regenerating rat liver nuclei in comparison with that of normal rat liver. The present results demonstrate that regucalcin can suppress nuclear DNA synthesis in regenerating rat liver. We suppose that regucalcin may have a role in the regulation of nuclear DNA synthesis in liver cell proliferation.
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Yamaguchi, M., Kanayama, Y. Calcium-binding protein regucalcin inhibits deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis in the nuclei of regenerating rat liver. Mol Cell Biochem 162, 121–126 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00227538
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